Reclining chair



Sept; 21, 193.7. A. BRENNER RECLINING CHAIR Filed June 6, 1.935

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A. BRENNER Sept. 21, 1937'.

RECLINING CHAIR Filed June 6, L955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Alphonse Brgenn n HHHHH invention as expressed in the appended claim. Each of a pair of links 46 has its outer end In the drawings: pivotally connected to one of the rods 40 by a 35 Figure 1 is avertical section of the chair, pin 41. The links are straight and parallel to 35 Patented Sept. 21, 1937 a i UNITED STATES PATENT 'QFFI'CE Y p 2,093,510 v RECIJNING CHAIR 7 4 j :f"

Alphonse Brenner, Shreveport, La." t. I 'ApplicationjJunefi, 1935; Serial No. 25,327- V l -lClaimQ (olfissj -ieii,

This invention relates to a reclining chair; meral 20, consists of side bars 2-I,;a top bar 22 An object of the invention 'is' the-provision of and crossbars 23 and 24; i a chair having a movable back whichmay be Wings 25 are secured to the bars 2| "at ZI-a. and tilted at any angle desired for the convenience of v have their'lower ends movable in close associa 1 v 'theus'er. a tion with the rear ends of the arm rests'l 5.

Another object of the-invention is the pro- The frame 20, including the wings 25,'are free of vision of a chair having areclining' back which the uprights l4 except for the pivotal connecmay be moved at a predetermined angle bythe tions. occupant of the chair'without necessitating his It will be noted from Figs. 1 and 5that a pin leaving the 'chair for an adjustment. r 26 projects laterally fromeach side of the frame 1'0" A further object ofthe invention is the pro- 20 andthese pins are secured at theirinner ends vision of a chair having a reclining back which is to the lower ends of the bars 2|. A bearing 21 adapted to be tilted at a predetermined angle is formed in each upright l4 adjacent the lower y with the back being free of any connections with end and receives a respective pin 25 so that the V the arms or supporting base structure of the frame is swingab-le towards oraway-from the 15" chair except a pivotal connection for swinging rear portion of the chair. f

the back through an arc of a circle, rods being The bottom or base member Ill consists of a secured in the back and projectingbelow the seat front transverse bar 30 and a rear transverse barwith links connectingthe lower ends of the 3| connectedtogether attheir ends by side rails" 20' rods to aslidably mountedrack which is retained 32 and 33. v Y i "IP31 in position by a crank on a shaft adapted to be Bottom plates 34, 35, and 36 form the supmanually operated, a resilient means being 'emporting structure for a cushion which provides l ployed for moving the back to a normal ina seat in a well known manner. Angle irons clined position. 31 provide means for retaining the bottom This invention will be best understood from a plates in position in the supporting base frame. 25 consideration of the following detailed descrip- A pair of rods 40 are received by passages 4| tion, in view of the accompanying drawings in the bar 24 and by passages 42 in the bar 23. forming a part of the specification; nevertheless, A cap 43 which is secured to the outer end of it is to be understood that the invention is not each rod 40 is in the form of a flange which is .30 confined to the disclosure, being susceptible of secured at 44 to the upper face of the member 23.

such changes and modifications as define no ma- The lower ends of the rods are split, as shown I terial departure from the salient features of the at 45.

Figure ,2 is a fragmentary enlarged vertical each other for a portion of their backwardly exsection showing a retaining means for a pivotally tending distance as shown at 48, and then are mounted back, bowed outwardly from the rack 50 into line with Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section taken the rods 40. The forward ends of the links are along the line 3-3 of Figure 2, commonly connected at 49 to an extension 55 of 40 Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the chair, and the rack (Fig. 2).

Figure 5 is a fragmentary rear view of the The rack 50 extends horizontally and is provided chair. with teeth 5| projecting downwardly from the Referring more particularly to the drawings, underface of the base frame. The rack is pro- I!) generally designates a base frame supported vided with flanges at its opposite sides, as shown 45 by legs H and I2. Rising from the base member at 52 (Fig. 3), and these flanges are situated belll are front uprights l3 and rear uprights l4. tween the offset ends 53 of plates 54 which are These uprights not only support arm rests 15 secured .to the board or plate 35. The offset but side rails l6 which also act to reinforce the flanges 53 form a guide for the rack 50.

uprights. The uprights l3 are located substan- A spring 60 is connected at 6| to the rear end 50 tially vertically while the uprights [4 are inof the rack 50 while the opposite end of the spring clined at an angle to the horizontally disposed is connected at Glen to the un-derface of the board base member Ill and lean rearwardly from the or bar 3 I. This spring tends at all times to move chair. the rack 50 rearwardly for a purpose which will be i 55 A back frame, generally designated by the nupresently explained. 55

Brackets are secured to the plates 54 in such a manner that the rack 50 is disposed between the brackets. Bearings 66 are formed in the brackets to receive a rock shaft 61 which has a crank 68 located between the standards and in a position to engage the curved pockets between the teeth 5| of the rack 50. A coil spring 10 is disposed on the shaft 61 and has one end connected at H to the shaft. The other end of the spring, as shown at 12, is connected to an adjacently disposed bracket 65. Thus it will be seen that the shaft will be maintained in a predetermined position so that the crank 68 will tend at all times to move into engagement with the teeth 5| of the rack.

The rock shaft 61 extends from the center towards the side where it is provided with a handle, as shown at I3. The handle is adapted to be grasped by the occupant of the chair for releasing the crank 68 from its engagement with the pockets of the rack whereby the back may be moved to a different angle. Some form of operating rod or chain may be connected with the handle 13 and disposed adjacent the arm rest l5 of the chair and in a position where it may be conveniently grasped by the occupant.

The operation of my device is as follows: In Fig. 1 the movable back 20 is in a position where it will normally be retained in position by means of the crank 68 and the spring 60, since the spring tends to move the rack to a position where the frame 20 will be in its normal reclining position. At this time, the rear end of the rack 50 will be in engagement with a stop 15 which is secured at 16 to the board or plate 35. If it be desired to move the back to a position where it will have a greater angle of inclination with respect to the base frame II] it is only necessary for the occupant to grasp the handle l3 and rock the shaft 61 whereby the crank 68 will be released from the teeth 5|. By throwing sufficient weight against the back 20 which is now free, the back will be moved to a greater angle with respect to the base member ID and when the desired position has been reached the handle 13 is released whereby the crank 68 will snap into position between a pair of teeth 5| of the rack 50.

When it is desired to return the back frame to its normal position, it is only necessary to remove any pressure from the back so that when the handle 73 is manipulated and the shaft 61 rocked, the crank 68 will be released from the rack and the spring will move the rack rearwardly to cause reciprocation of the links 46 and rocking of the rods 40 whereby the back will be moved upon its pivots 26 until it reaches the normal position shown in Figure 1 or any position desired.

I claim:

A reclining chair comprising a supporting base frame, a movable back frame having side bars pivoted-at the lower end thereof to the base frame, said back frame having vertically spaced cross bars provided with aligned passages which are located medially of the ends of the cross bars, rods fitted insaid passages secured to one of the cross bars and having ends projecting below the lower cross bar, said ends being split, a rack slidably mounted longitudinally of the base frame, guides for the rack, a link at each side of the rack and having pivotal connections therewith, said links being straight and parallel to each other for a portion of their backwardly extending distance and then bowed outwardly from the rack into line with the splits in the projecting ends of said rods, means pivotally connecting the links in said splits, resilient means tending to move the back frame to its normal position, and means carried by the base frame which is operable in respect to the rack to hold the back frame in adjusted position.

ALPHONSE BRENNER. 

